HESI Med-Surg Practice Exam Questions and
Answers (2026) | Updated Real Exam Questions
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• thoracentesis? -✓✓the surgical puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain
fluid from the pleural cavity
• What should the nurse expect for a client who has unstable Angina who had a
cardiac catheter? -✓✓Thorocentesis
• Metabolic Acidosis Respirations -✓✓Kussmaul respirations
• Kussmaul breathing -✓✓gasping, labored breathing, also called air hunger
A sign of acidosis
• *Wheezing (expiratory) -✓✓Wheezing is a short, high pitched sound made on
expiratory
• *Abnormal Breathe sounds -✓✓used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular
sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields.
• *Adventitous sounds? -✓✓extra and abnormal breath sounds.
• *Bronchoscopy nurse priority and aftercare? -✓✓Keep pt NPO until gag reflux
returns.
• bronchoscopy? -✓✓A visual examination of the bronchi
, • Bronchoscopy procedure -✓✓Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your
doctor to look at your airway through a thin viewing instrument called a
bronchoscope.
During a bronchoscopy , your doctor will examine your throat, larynx , trachea ,
and lower airways. Can get a specifimen collection, do biopsy, suction mucous
plugs and remove foreign objects.
• What to report with a Bronchoscopy? -✓✓monitor for: bloody sputum.
complications include: bronchospasm or bronchial perforation. (facial or neck
crepitus, dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, hypoxemia, and pneumothorax)
(Saunders N-CLEX Review)
• What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? -✓✓CT
• Normal Arterial Blood Gases -✓✓pH 7.35-7.45,
PaO2 80-100mm Hg,
SaO2 >95%,
PaCO2 32-48 mm Hg,
HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
• To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively
swallow, the nurse deflates the cuff and? -✓✓has the patient drink a small amount
of blue-colored water, observing for coughing and colored secretions.
Answers (2026) | Updated Real Exam Questions
| Accurate Solutions Guide | A+
• thoracentesis? -✓✓the surgical puncture of the chest wall with a needle to obtain
fluid from the pleural cavity
• What should the nurse expect for a client who has unstable Angina who had a
cardiac catheter? -✓✓Thorocentesis
• Metabolic Acidosis Respirations -✓✓Kussmaul respirations
• Kussmaul breathing -✓✓gasping, labored breathing, also called air hunger
A sign of acidosis
• *Wheezing (expiratory) -✓✓Wheezing is a short, high pitched sound made on
expiratory
• *Abnormal Breathe sounds -✓✓used to describe bronchial or bronchovesicular
sounds heard in the peripheral lung fields.
• *Adventitous sounds? -✓✓extra and abnormal breath sounds.
• *Bronchoscopy nurse priority and aftercare? -✓✓Keep pt NPO until gag reflux
returns.
• bronchoscopy? -✓✓A visual examination of the bronchi
, • Bronchoscopy procedure -✓✓Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your
doctor to look at your airway through a thin viewing instrument called a
bronchoscope.
During a bronchoscopy , your doctor will examine your throat, larynx , trachea ,
and lower airways. Can get a specifimen collection, do biopsy, suction mucous
plugs and remove foreign objects.
• What to report with a Bronchoscopy? -✓✓monitor for: bloody sputum.
complications include: bronchospasm or bronchial perforation. (facial or neck
crepitus, dysrhythmias, hemorrhage, hypoxemia, and pneumothorax)
(Saunders N-CLEX Review)
• What test do you use to verify pulmonary embolus? -✓✓CT
• Normal Arterial Blood Gases -✓✓pH 7.35-7.45,
PaO2 80-100mm Hg,
SaO2 >95%,
PaCO2 32-48 mm Hg,
HCO3- 22-26 mEq/L
• To determine when the patient with a tracheostomy tube can be effectively
swallow, the nurse deflates the cuff and? -✓✓has the patient drink a small amount
of blue-colored water, observing for coughing and colored secretions.
